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jimcsharp··on New Remote-First Formula and Updated Salary Calculator
I have to wonder if they've ever run into 'call me when your formula matches my number' (in nicer / more convoluted words). In that case a simple transparent table would save them a lot of time and blog posts.
jimcsharp··on Six Years After Fukushima, Robots Finally Find Reactors’ Melted Uranium Fuel
I believe likes and dislikes on Youtube both count as "interaction" as far as rankings are concerned.
jimcsharp··on Iceland's attempts to replant its forests
If they legalized sheep hunting, farmers would build fences.
jimcsharp··on MindWeb – A Computer Science Bachelor Curriculum
Oh it's been a while since I checked it out. Sad to see that skill tree gone.
jimcsharp··on Mental health is still an issue in the workplace
Tread carefully readers. This article is pretty benign but ED is decidedly NSFW.
jimcsharp··on The Most Powerful Man in Chess Is Maybe a Lunatic
>Do people likewise call all God-believers lunatics?

We don't call them lunatics. I guess the difference is that there's more of them, and it's just easier for everyone if we get along. Less so for the more fringe beliefs.

jimcsharp··on Genius laid off a bunch of its engineers
It seems like something that should be constrained to social network circles. It might be useful to post graffiti on any site on the Internet - within my group of friends.
jimcsharp··on Ask HN: What is the best online learning subscription for S/W Developers?
Pluralsight got me up and running with StreamInsight so much faster than if I would've had to slog through manual pages and the sparse blogosphere myself. It can be difficult to find content that isn't web related and I'm glad it was there.
jimcsharp··on Track Trump: The First 100 Days
I hope this easily digestible politician tracking continues: https://www.trudeaumetre.ca/
jimcsharp··on DeepTraffic is a gamified simulation of typical highway traffic
I think his issue with the word fast (and mine) is that collectively calling them "fast" lanes instead of "passing" lanes is part of the problem. Then you have incognizant drivers thinking "I drive fast, this lane must be for me"
jimcsharp··on Ask HN: Have you ever thought of leaving programming for something else?
Every day of my working life. I am not sure that's not just my depression talking though - maybe I won't be happy in any job.
jimcsharp··on GoPro shows its vulnerability after horrific Q3 earnings
Thank you for this. GoPros have been challenging and we're looking for alternatives for the next camera rig we build. One nice thing about GoPro cameras that I think I would miss with these is their built in WiFi. It's perfect for ad-hoc field laptop scenarios.
jimcsharp··on One Doom fan, 300 hours, and one gargantuan level
Devil Daggers came out this year. People seem to really love that game. I think you'll find more of a crowd than you think with most aesthetics. I would try to keep up with the gameplay trends though. Did anybody ever like using PgUp/PgDn to move their camera?
jimcsharp··on Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List
iTunes has à la carte television with a small lead time. It's had it for years. I guess what people want is unsustainably cheap à la carte offerings.
jimcsharp··on Ask HN: Are there any tech companies in the Bay Area that offer private offices?
Headphones and earbuds are very painful for me after like 10 minutes. This is at a very low volume - there's just something about putting sound that close to my ear that hurts.
jimcsharp··on Why We Should Adopt Driverless Cars That Kill People
Every person about to be involved in a traffic accident needs to make that decision, and the decision each individual makes can vary wildly. Maybe to hurt the least amount of feelings the car should just do a coin flip when its only choices are hitting 2 people.
jimcsharp··on Less stress, more productivity: working fewer hours is good for you and your boss
You haven't prepped and then slept on task 2 so I don't think you're finishing it in 15 minutes. And now you're sleep deprived.
jimcsharp··on Ask HN: How to prepare for a Front-end Developer interview?
When you aren't being forthright with the position you held on a development team. If you were a late onboard to a project and spent your time firefighting bug reports, you could perhaps lend cachet to your resume by omitting the relatively minor role you had in the project. Then you'd be borrowing the "plume in your cap" from your team, who deserves more of the credit.

edit: this is my best-fit guess. I have no idea what I'm talking about.

jimcsharp··on Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail
It will frequently gobble up multi-lingual emails. I discovered this when I ignored a customer in Chile for a while because he had a Spanish email signature.
jimcsharp··on Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About Previous Pay
Yeesh. That's when you go along and let them pay for the audit before bailing.
jimcsharp··on Microsoft forks Unreal Engine 4 and ports it to Universal Windows Platform
I was just noodling about this idea for my current project. I suppose 403ing would enable an adversary to know if something exists or not?
jimcsharp··on TSA's Head of Security 'Removed' from Office
Maybe this is the movies I've watched, but isn't firing a gun structurally dangerous to the airplane?
jimcsharp··on Lionsgate is making its films available on Steam
If 3.49 is the to-own price, I don't think timed rentals have a place any more. Why complicate things? Louis CK's model has been $5 for DRM-free files, with a cap of 3 downloads and streams so the per-purchase bandwidth is capped. I kind of like that model.
jimcsharp··on Ask HN: How did you learn about stocks and the market?
It's investment hyperbole. Like when a gun enthusiast tells you "your gun is always loaded"
jimcsharp··on How and why to make your software faster
I wonder when this type of work will go away. I see it everywhere.
jimcsharp··on Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger words and safe spaces
Maybe they just smothered each other.
jimcsharp··on Don't use the greater than sign in programming
This is the first programming hangup I can remember having. Thinking "Why can't I just write it like this?"
jimcsharp··on Atom text editor 1.4 released
My only frame of reference is visual studio... Atom is darn fast.
jimcsharp··on Ask HN: Can you name companies (5+ employees) with distributed/nomadic teams?
For a company without an office, why are they limiting their hires to the US?
jimcsharp··on Decertifying the worst voting machine in the US
Devil you know? I'm sure I'm completely wrong for some reason, but I think it's in the same line as self-driving cars and their detractors.
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